Art

Of all the ways to spend a midweek night, very little competes with Verge Center for the Arts classes. Not only are these varied in content and form, the different lessons teach a craft that stays with students for a lifetime. This month’s handful of Adult Clay Sculpture classes are…

If You Build It, They Will Come Art Hotel • 7th and L Streets, Sacramento • Feb. 5–13, 2016 For Sacramento’s burgeoning art scene, there is pre-Art Hotel, and there is post-Art Hotel, it’s really that simple. For the last week and a half, Art Hotel was all anyone was…

PMA-Team Maya Angelou wisely once said, “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” The idea is, with the right frame of mind, one can accomplish anything, and with a negative mindset, negativity comes back to you. If unfailing positivity makes…

Nightmares and Dreamscapes Artist Sayako Dairiki would be a therapist’s easiest patient to dissect. She paints her dreams, which she describes as a mix of her environment and her internal struggle, fueled by experiences from her current life, and possibly a past one. One of her recent pieces, part of…

What’s old is new again! Well, until it’s torn down at least. The newly formed arts initiative M5ARTS is proud to present “Art Hotel,” an ambitious multi-discipline exhibit that will take over the abandoned Jade Apartments in downtown Sacramento from Feb. 5–13, 2016. More than 90 artists from all over…

A lot of stuff happened in 2015 when it comes to Sacramento’s arts and entertainment scenes. Some of it was good, some of it was bad and some of it was downright ugly. Looking back on it all, here is a list of a few of my personal favorite (and…

Hidden deep in the recesses of Sacramento at the corner of B and 27th streets lies one of our city’s greatest treasures: the B Street Theatre. Christmas time is here, and their talented company of actresses and actors will be putting their skills to the ultimate test. Those who know…

Audiophiles and Christmas geeks unite! Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night offers anyone with a working mobile device or boombox a chance to participate in spreading some holiday musical cheer without having any musical background. Unlike singing traditional Christmas carols and going from door to door, every sound interacts with one another…

R Street’s WAL Public Market has quickly become the city’s hot spot for not only shopping and eating at the numerous locally owned businesses that line the hip, mall-like building, but also for the well-curated artwork on the walls via their monthly exhibits. This month’s show aims to bring affordable…

If you’ve yet to attend one of Crocker Art Museum’s infamous Art Mix events, this Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, would be a great place to start. The lineup is absolutely stacked, and we’re predicting it’ll be one of the best ones yet. In true Art Mix fashion, “Revolution” will smash…